Short circuits

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Saadat Hasan Manto was a big fighter for free speech. Manto had always been true and wrote what he saw around him. The greatest challenge for me was that I was not like him. I tell lots of lies. I had to listen to my director and try really hard to purify myself (I was very polluted) before I began shooting.

Shabana Azmi

I was so overwhelmed that Satyajit Ray was offering me anything at all. I was very young and had just entered the film industry. I wasn't even familiar with the story except for the surface as Premchand was somebody so revered that time. So I focussed on the only three days that I worked in Shatranj Ke Khilari.

karan johar

I don't want anyone to divide what is homosexual and heterosexual. I do understand that there is a difference because of the society and I know how tough it is. When it comes to a man dating another man, I believe men are different from women in that respect, it's just the way they are cut out to be.

LIN SHAYE

I feel that women should look out for each other in some way or the other.

The male and female dynamic is always complicated. Women need to stay strong and be vocal if something is not correct for them, and if they don't feel comfortable in their workplace.

Rita ora

I was really excited because I had a bigger part in Fifty Shades Freed and I ended up loving each and every one of the cast and crew, including Dakota Johnson (Anastasia Steele) and Jamie Dornan (Christian Grey) as everyone was really supportive. It was sad wrapping up for the film.